diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-eth.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-eth.yml
index df6ae30a..f833ca70 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-eth.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-eth.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ services:
 
   fixturenet-eth-geth-1:
     hostname: fixturenet-eth-geth-1
+    cap_add:
+      - SYS_PTRACE
+    environment:
+      CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG: "true"
+      CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF: "detect"
+      CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NODE_ID: 1
     env_file:
       - ../config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
     image: cerc/fixturenet-eth-geth:local
@@ -27,12 +33,10 @@ services:
       - fixturenet-eth-bootnode-geth
     ports:
       - "8545"
+      - "40000"
 
   fixturenet-eth-geth-2:
     hostname: fixturenet-eth-geth-2
-    environment:
-      CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF: "detect"
-      CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NODE_ID: 2
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8545"]
       interval: 30s
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/Dockerfile b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/Dockerfile
index cefe1bef..a7671d50 100644
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 FROM skylenet/ethereum-genesis-generator@sha256:210353ce7c898686bc5092f16c61220a76d357f51eff9c451e9ad1b9ad03d4d3 AS ethgen
 
+# Using the same golang image as used to build geth: https://github.com/cerc-io/go-ethereum/blob/HEAD/Dockerfile
+FROM golang:1.18-alpine as delve
+RUN go install github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest
+
 FROM cerc/go-ethereum:local
 RUN apk add --no-cache python3 python3-dev py3-pip curl wget jq build-base gettext libintl openssl bash bind-tools postgresql-client
 
+COPY --from=delve  /go/bin/dlv /
 COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis /usr/local/bin/eth2-testnet-genesis
 COPY --from=ethgen /usr/local/bin/eth2-val-tools /usr/local/bin/eth2-val-tools
 COPY --from=ethgen /apps /apps
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
index 34e74182..7216ca0d 100755
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
@@ -9,13 +9,18 @@ cd /opt/testnet/build/el
 python3 -m http.server 9898 &
 cd $HOME_DIR
 
-if [ "true" == "$RUN_BOOTNODE" ]; then 
-    geth \
+START_CMD="geth"
+if [ "true" == "$CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG" ] && [ -x "/dlv" ]; then
+    START_CMD="/dlv --listen=:40000 --headless=true --api-version=2 --accept-multiclient exec /usr/local/bin/geth --continue --"
+fi
+
+if [ "true" == "$RUN_BOOTNODE" ]; then
+    $START_CMD \
       --nodekeyhex="${BOOTNODE_KEY}" \
       --nodiscover \
       --ipcdisable \
       --networkid=${NETWORK_ID} \
-      --netrestrict="${NETRESTRICT}"  2>&1 | tee /var/log/geth_bootnode.log
+      --netrestrict="${NETRESTRICT}"
 else
     cd /opt/testnet/accounts
     ./import_keys.sh
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ else
       --statediff.writing=true"
     fi
 
-    geth \
+    $START_CMD \
       --bootnodes="${ENODE}" \
       --allow-insecure-unlock \
       --http \
@@ -80,5 +85,5 @@ else
       --mine \
       --miner.threads=1 \
       --verbosity=5 \
-      --miner.etherbase="${ETHERBASE}" ${STATEDIFF_OPTS} 2>&1 | tee /var/log/geth.log
+      --miner.etherbase="${ETHERBASE}" ${STATEDIFF_OPTS}
 fi